Thein is a name found in several cultures. Notable people with this name include:

Burmese name

* Aung Min Thein (1961–2007), film director and artist *

Thein Han (basketball) Thein Han (born 20 March 1998) is a basketball player from Myanmar. He represented Myanmar's national basketball team at the 2017 SEABA Championship in Quezon City, Philippines. There, at only 19 years of age, he was the tournament’s domin ...

(born 1998), basketball player *

Hla Thein Hla Thein (born 25 April 1944) is a Burmese long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and co ...

(born 1944), athlete *

Hmawbi Saya Thein Hmawbi Saya Thein ( my, မော်ပီဆရာသိန်း, ; 1862–1942) was a Burmese writer, known for his articles on Burmese culture and history. In his travels around the country Thein collected many historical artifacts, manuscr ...

(1862–1942), writer, known for his articles on Burmese culture and history. *

Khin Maung Thein Khin Maung Thein ( my, ခင်မောင်သိန်း) is a Burmese politician and political prisoner who currently serves as a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Sagaing Township. In the 1990 Burmese general election, he was elected as an Pyithu Hl ...

(born 1940), politician and political prisoner who currently serves as a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Sagaing Township *

Kyaw Thein Kyaw Thein ( my, ကျော်သိန်း , born 11 March 1954) is a Burmese politician who currently serves as an Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Rakhine State No. 7 Constituency. He is a member of Union Solidarity and Development Party. Early ...

(born 1954), politician who currently serves as an Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Rakhine State No. 7 Constituency *

Nilar Thein Nilar Thein ( my, နီလာသိန်း, ) (born 4 March 1972) is a Burmese democracy activist and political prisoner imprisoned from 2008 to 2012 at Thayet prison in Burma's Magway Region. Amnesty International considered her a prisone ...

(born 1972), democracy activist and political prisoner * Phyo Min Thein (born 1969), politician and former inmate who is currently serving as Chief Minister of Yangon Region and Yangon Region Parliament MP for Hlegu Township Constituency No. 2 *

Soe Thein Soe Thein ( my, စိုးသိန်း; born 7 September 1949 in Rangoon, Burma), also spelt Soe Thane, served as Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar (Burma) between 2011 and 2016 and a former Minister for Industry-2 of Myanmar (Bu ...

(born 1949), incumbent Minister of the President's Office of Myanmar (Burma) and a former Minister for Industry-2 *

Thein Aung Thein Aung ( my, သိန်းအောင်) was the Chief Minister of Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He is a former brigadier-general in the Myanmar Army and was a member of the ruling military junta, the State Peace and De ...

, politician, Chief Minister of Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar from 2011 to 2016 * Thein Han (1910–1986), painter * Thein Htaik (born 1952), politician, Union Auditor General of Myanmar, appointed to the post on 7 September 2012 *

Thein Htay Thein Htay ( my, သိန်းဌေး) was the former Minister for Border Affairs and Minister for Industrial Development of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require in ...

(born 1955), politician, former Minister for Border Affairs and Minister for Industrial Development of Myanmar (Burma) *

Thein Kyu Thein Kyu ( my, သိန်းကြူ) is a Burmese dental professor who served as Rector of the University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay from 2010 to 2012 and in University of Dental Medicine, Yangon from 2012 to 2015. He is also the president ...

(born 1944), dental professor * Thein Lwin (born 1957), politician who currently serves as a House of Nationalities member of parliament for Kachin State № 10 Constituency *

Thein Myint Thein Myint ( my, သိန်းမြင့်) born January 14, 1937 in Yangon) is a retired amateur boxer from Burma, who won the gold medal at the 1958 Asian Games in the men's bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat s ...

(born 1937), boxer *

Thein Nyunt Thein Nyunt ( my, သိန်းညွန့်) was one of six ministers of the President's Office, in the Cabinet of Burma (Myanmar), as well as the Mayor and the Chairman of the Naypyidaw Council, which governs the national capital. He served ...

(born 1948), politician, currently one of six ministers of the President's Office, in the Cabinet of Burma (Myanmar), as well as the Mayor and the Chairman of the Naypyidaw Council *

Thein Oo Thein Oo ( my, သိန်းဦး; born 10 May 1948) is a pioneer of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some B ...

(born 1948), a pioneer of Myanmar's computer industry *

Thein Pe Myint Thein Pe Myint ( my, သိန်းဖေမြင့် ; also ''Thakin'' Thein Pe ( ); 10 July 1914 – 15 January 1978) was a Burmese politician, writer and journalist. A writer of several politically and socially prominent books and the foun ...

(1914–1978), politician, writer and journalist * Thein Than Win (born 1991), footballer * Thein Tun (born 1940), retired Major-general and politician, serving as the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications of Myanmar * Thein Tun (businessman) (born 1937), businessman and founder of Myanmar Golden Star *

Thein Tun Oo Thein Tun Oo ( my, သိန်းထွန်းဦး, also spelt Thein Htun Oo; born 16 August 1966) is a Burmese politician who served as member of parliament in the Pyithu Hluttaw for Amarapura Township from 2011 to 2016. In the 2010 Myan ...

(born 1966), politician who served as member of parliament in the Pyithu Hluttaw for Amarapura Township from 2011 to 2016 *

Thein Tut Thein Tut ( my, သိန်းထွတ်; also spelt Thein Htut, born 13 November 1955) is a Burmese former dental professor at the University of Dental Medicine, Yangon. He was also the president of the Myanmar Dental Association (MDA) fro ...

(born 1955), professor of dental medicine *

Win Thein Myo Swe Win (ဦးမျိုးဆွေဝင်း; b. ) is a Deputy Chief of Police and the chief minister of Bago Region, appointed by Prime Minister U Min Aung Hlaing in 2021. References Government ministers of Myanmar Living peop ...

, engineer, is the chief minister of Bago Region, appointed by president Htin Kyaw in 2016 * Yaza Win Thein (born 1986), footballer

German-language name

Alexandra Thein Alexandra Thein (born 5 October 1963 in Bochum) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party of Germany who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2009. Early life and career She grew up in Saarland, studied law in Saa ...

(born 1963), German politician * Joe Thein (born 1991), Luxembourgish politician *

Mechthildis Thein Mechthildis Thein (1888 in Braunschweig – 1959 in Singen) was a German stage and film actress of the silent period. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * '' The Rat'' (1918) * ''The Salamander Ruby ''The Salamander Ruby'' (German: ''Der R ...

(1888–1959), German stage and film actress of the silent period * Ulrich Thein (1930–1995), German actor, film director and screenwriter {{given name, type=both German-language surnames